A LOTUS-NDT micro-CT scanner was installed in the central laboratory of Kharazmi University in April. Another was installed in the Institute of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Tehran in May 2022.

These centers are now readily available to provide industries and researchers of various fields with their service of interest.

Micro-CT, as a non-destructive method for 3D imaging of small structures, is one of the newest methods of X-ray imaging and has become the standard imaging technique in different fields of research. The first use of this method in Iran dates back to 2017 when the first micro-CT device was manufactured by Behin Negareh Co. Since then and by the installation of this scanner in the core preclinical facility of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, the Advanced X-ray Imaging Systems (AXIS) laboratory affiliated to Behin Negareh company, the preclinical laboratory of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences and now Kharazmi University and the Institute of Petroleum Engineering, the imaging method has gradually become popular among researchers of different fields such as biomedicine, engineering, archeology, paleontology, and so on. So far, several articles related to the usage of micro-CT in the fields of dentistry, tissue engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, biomedical engineering, petroleum engineering, etc. have been published in international journals by Iranian researchers.